Fresh turkey from Amazonfresh

[Special K]

I am thinking of ordering a fresh turkey for Thanksgiving from Amazonfresh. The choices are Diestel Free Range hens or toms, Northwest Natural hens or toms, and Heidi's Hens hens.

My questions are:

What's the difference between hens and toms? (well, I know the difference between a hen and a tom, but you know what I mean )

Are these reliably good brands?

Or can you recommend something better?

Thanks.

[LuckyGirl]

I'm curious as to why you would order a fresh bird from Amazon. Is it hard to find fresh turkey where you live?

(Don't mean to sound like a S.A. I just don't understand when one might want to order a turkey vs. buying one locally)

[Special K]

I'm curious as to why you would order a fresh bird from Amazon. Is it hard to find fresh turkey where you live?

LuckyGirl, you don't sound like a S.A. at all; that is a very reasonable question. It's just that I've been thinking of trying Amazonfresh out, and this seemed like a good place to start since they're offering me 20% off on the first order.

[KarenDW]

fwiw, if I was trying out a new service, I would probably want to order several lower cost items, just to see how it all gets packed for delivery. Not to mention having a good cross-section of the sorts of products I like.

For bigger-ticket items like turkey (last fresh turkey was $95, at Christmas), I prefer to buy them from someone I know, within 2-3 degrees of separation.

[Special K]

fwiw, if I was trying out a new service, I would probably want to order several lower cost items, just to see how it all gets packed for delivery. Not to mention having a good cross-section of the sorts of products I like.

For bigger-ticket items like turkey (last fresh turkey was $95, at Christmas), I prefer to buy them from someone I know, within 2-3 degrees of separation.

Good point, Karen. I guess I was hoping to hear from anyone knowledgeable about these particular turkey brands. Oh, well. My other options are the local grocery store that lost my order last Thanksgiving or the new Whole Foods, which would probably be fine except that they're so new I wonder if the same thing might happen. The QFC I really liked closed recently; they would have been my first choice.

Anyway, thanks for your input. I'm sure I'll find something. It turns out the guests I was expecting cancelled, so I don't need a huge bird for the two of us anyway.

[beccaboo]

I don't know anything about turkeys, but I really like Amazon Fresh. Their prices don't seem any higher than those at the QFC or Safeway, they package everything carefully, and they have some things (Malt-o-meal brand raisin bran!) that I have a hard time finding other places.

[Special K]

Thank you, Beccaboo.

[LuckyGirl]

I did a quick web search for sources for locally raised turkey in the Seattle area. I didn't find as many sources as I expected to but here is one I came across-

http://www.thunderinghooves.net/

[eternal]

They are all sold out of Turkeys. Might buy some pork from them though!